Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

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Three days later, according to the agreement, Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, sent thousands of people to the riverside with wine and meat to reward the soldiers.

There are also many ministers headed by Zhou Zong, Han Xizai, Xu Xuan, etc., and even the prince Li Hongji of the Southern Tang Dynasty came in person, but seeing his reluctance, he must be very scared.

Shi Congyun didn't move his mind, and went to the banquet happily, because Li Chuyun's army was stationed by the river, and there were so many people on the river, they didn't dare to act rashly.

At the banquet, everyone unanimously asked him to be the host, but Shi Congyun declined, saying that he is a guest from outside and Tang is the host, so Li Hongji, the eldest son of the most distinguished host family, should be the host.

Seeing that he is determined, everyone can only do so, but their attitude towards him has changed.

Shi Congyun took the opportunity to say something: "Everyone is loyal to each other. It is inevitable that we will be enemies when the two countries fight. Now that the war is over, you are all high-ranking, capable and talented people. I respect you, we are friends today, and if you have the opportunity to come to Daliang in the future, you can also meet me for a drink, and I would like to offer you a glass here."

After all, he is a later generation, he doesn't care about those things, and he can distinguish what is false and what is real.

He took all the real benefits, so what about giving up this kind of hypocrisy?Say a few good words, give up a seat, be courteous, and earn a good reputation in Southern Tang, so that the upper class in Southern Tang thinks he is a good person, making friends and making fewer enemies, there is nothing wrong with it.

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After Zhou Xian talked with his father that day, his attitude changed a lot, he didn't resist him so much, he would cooperate very well from time to time at night, and the sadness on his face gradually disappeared.

Shi Congyun was very comfortable, how could he not be happy with a beauty by his side?

Moreover, he has other things that people of this era cannot understand. For example, Zhou Xian's reputation is far inferior to his reputation in later generations. It is very different and more fulfilling.

Five days later, the two armies began to hand over gold and silver property outside Jinling City. Thousands of carts and horses pulled the goods densely along the riverside, and the entire riverside was busy for several miles.

Their boats couldn't pull so many things, and Shi Congyun didn't have that many people at all. He boasted that he had 5 people, and ordered people to use boats to pull them across the river, and Wang Shenqi on the other side sent troops to support them.

He was busy here, Pan Mei's battle report and Li Jing's surrender table followed the waterway, crossed thousands of miles of land, and then rushed into Daliang, shaking the states and counties along the way and the entire palace of Daliang City.

Chapter 168, Mainstay

In autumn and August, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner.

Shi Congyun completely relaxed, transferred Luqiu Zhongqing from Xiacai to Shouzhou along the waterway, and then along the waterway to Luzhou, entered the Yangtze River waters to join him, presided over all the gold and silver, materials, major events, and the rewards and punishments of the various armies.

The materials obtained from the Southern Tang Dynasty, together with the money he brought, should be rewarded to the soldiers of each army. Shi Congyun understood that blocking is worse than sparse, and it is only natural for soldiers to work hard to get rewards.

It's just that the country doesn't have enough ability to pay the soldiers at this time. In many cases, the generals can only figure out their own way and pay for it themselves. What can most generals think of?Naturally, let the soldiers grab it.

For example, Guo Wei, the founding emperor of the Zhou Kingdom today, when he entered Daliang a few years ago, he also allowed soldiers to rob Kaifeng as a reward.

People often compare Zhou to Sui and Qin because they were both the founders of a unified dynasty.

But from an objective point of view, the Later Zhou Dynasty is completely incomparable with the Sui Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty. No matter how you say it, during the Diansheng period of the Later Zhou Dynasty, there were only about four provinces in the territory, and many problems could not be solved, such as a perfect bottom-level organization, bureaucratic system, etc. Wait.

Han and Tang didn't need to think too much about these issues. People knew that Liu Bang had three chapters in the law, but they didn't know that Liu Bang ordered him to conquer all the officials of the Qin Dynasty. Strict laws, the rest of the laws are all retained.

The Sui and Tang dynasties are also the same. People in the world are already familiar with the previous dynasties, and they have recognized the unification of the world. The subsequent dynasties can inherit the political and cultural heritage as long as they correct the mistakes made in the previous trials.

But the current situation is more complicated and difficult. For example, in the past two months, Shi Congyun has executed more than a dozen middle-level officials while fighting wars, because they embezzled military supplies and filled their own pockets.

Afterwards, he was really puzzled and asked those people, is it because Lao Tzu didn't give enough?He felt that he had treated the soldiers preferentially enough, he paid them out of his own pocket to reward them, why should he embezzle?

As a result, he got an unexpected and reasonable answer.

Because the emperor will change every few years, and it’s hard to become an official and manage some things, so of course you have to make a quick profit. Now the whole world loves like this, from the princes and generals to the grassroots officials. .

He asked Li Chuyun, Si Chao, Pan Mei and others in private, and they all gave affirmative answers, yes, this is the current atmosphere, because on average, the emperor changes every five or six years, and no one knows how many years later. It's someone's world in the year, so it's become a trend to go all out for a grab.

The emperor can't control it...

If it was in Qin or Sui, there must be a complete legal framework, grassroots officials and middle-level organizations, and people behind many problems can continue to use it as long as they make improvements.

After going through all this at this time, Shi Congyun realized more and more the importance of people like Luqiu Zhongqing, Li Gu, Wei Renpu and others. Force is the guarantee for a country to run well, but not everything can be solved by force. .

These middle and low-level officials are very important. What is needed to coordinate and dispatch these officials is not force, but a reliable and feasible personnel system.

And these can only rely on people like Luqiu Zhongqing, Li Gu, Wei Renpu, etc., which are lacking in the Zhou Dynasty now. If the Zhou army had strict military discipline at the beginning, Huainan would not have fought for so long.

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Therefore, Shi Congyun temporarily handed over the water army to the commander of Si Chao, and handed over the matter of rewarding and punishing the soldiers and the handover of the Southern Tang Kingdom to Luqiu Zhongqing. He took a small number of personal soldiers and the cavalry of Shao Ji and Wang Zhong to the north to take over and surrender. Luzhou, and at the same time solve the problem of the Baijia Army.

When the Southern Tang Dynasty surrendered, the Baijia Army lost the meaning of resistance. Shi Congyun gave a lot of money to comfort the soldiers who were attacked and died by the Baijia Army.

As for the Baijia army, he personally led the soldiers from village to village to persuade them, pardoned them and let them surrender.

At first the common people didn't believe it, but Shi Congyun led a large group of cavalry, each in armor, and everyone was armed to the teeth. It was completely different from the village soldiers they had seen and fought against before, so they lost their fighting spirit. It's all written with anxiety.

Shi Congyun was on his horse and could clearly see through the fence that the yellow and thin children in the village looked at him with flickering eyes, frightened and uneasy.

He sighed in his heart, it shouldn't have come to this point, Zhou Jun just entered Huainan, and these people provided fodder for Zhou Jun, and took the initiative to welcome their arrival, because the Southern Tang Dynasty's master and even the subsequent masters had no ambitions and only cared for personal pleasure , didn't even think about governing the country well, and could only exploit the people in order to satisfy their new enjoyment. The corvee and taxes in Huainan were very heavy, and the people suffered unspeakably.

So when I heard that the Northern Dynasty sent troops, many people welcomed them on their own initiative. As a result, the Zhou army's military discipline was lax, and they burned, killed and looted in Huainan, forcing these people to the opposite side. one of the reasons.

Shi Congyun thought, if he had been recruiting envoys from the beginning, he would never have allowed such a thing to happen. If they had won the support of the Huainan people in the first place, they might have killed the Yangtze River by then.

So he got off his horse and went up to explain to the village head himself, telling them that as long as they give up resistance and become the people of Dazhou, they will not blame them for the past, and they will be exempted from taxes for three years in the future.

At the same time, he ordered the opening of treasuries in Luzhou, Shengtang, Dingyuan, Chuzhou and other places to help the surrounding people.

This is why he asked Luqiu Zhongqing to edit the books on his behalf when he was still in the vortex. He told the officials in the table above that the reason is very simple. chaos.

The officials probably also suffered from the Baijia Army, and they were also very far-sighted. They immediately agreed with his suggestion and told him that the counties and counties around Huainan that suffered serious war disasters could barely pay taxes for three years.

In addition to wearing armor all over, Shi Congyun also had Shao Ji and Wang Zhonghu by his side. He is not stupid, but he is afraid that some second fool will come to him and try his best.

After more than half a month of going from village to village to go deep into the grassroots to lobby, coupled with follow-up measures, his reputation spread later, and he was greeted by local people every time he went to the villages behind.

Shi Congyun took the opportunity to learn about the situation of many grassroots villages, such as their population, income, work and rest time, and main crops. He also talked with some elders in the village about how to govern the grassroots and asked their opinions.

Of course, he didn't have the power to decide anything, he was just curious so he asked, and felt that the opportunity was rare.

In August, Liu Yanqing, the guard of Chuzhou, surrendered according to the order of the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He tried his best to go back to the Southern Tang Dynasty and asked repeatedly.

However, all the letters were seized by Shi Congyun. He knew that Liu Yanqing was a tough guy. In history, he used 1000 people to resist tens of thousands of Zhou troops for more than 40 days. Guo Rong was so angry that he slaughtered Chuzhou cleanly.

Such a person asked him to go back to the Southern Tang Dynasty. I was not at ease, so while comforting Liu Yanqing, he made a statement to the officials, which meant that Liu Yanqing would either kill him, or give him a high-ranking official with a generous salary to mobilize the leader.

By the end of August, Shi Congyun finally solved the matter of the Baijia army completely, and then the navy army came north from Luzhou to take over, and Shi Congyun joined Zhou Xian again.

After solving the Baijia Army, the last major event in Huainan was also solved.

Finally, I can rest assured to do something I like with Zhou Xian......

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In autumn, there are few people in Daliang City, and the sky is high and the clouds are light.

Since the 10,000+ army went south one after another, many young and strong people near Daliang went south, and the city was no longer bustling and lively.

It is the Mid-Autumn Festival again, and many families are looking forward to the return of their husbands, sons, and brothers to the south.

It was the same for them last year, but last year it was hopeless, but this year they are full of hope, because since the front line changed recruiters, there have been frequent success reports.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shi Congyun's troops came to Jinling, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was forced to surrender everywhere. The news that he bowed his head and professed his minister had reached Daliang, and it was widely spread.

Goulan restaurants, teahouses and restaurants are discussing this matter everywhere, and Shi Congyun's strategy and martial arts have been talked about to a new height.

The focus of the people's attention is not all military achievements. Most people don't even know where the Southern Tang Kingdom is, where Shouzhou, Chuzhou, etc. are.

It’s just that Liang’s young and strong will not be able to return for nearly two years, and his family members in Beijing can’t stand the longing. It just so happens that Shi Congyun won the battle as soon as he took office, quickly won the Southern Tang Dynasty, and allowed the army to return home. That’s why everyone praises him .

But in the palace, it is another scene.

When the good news came one after another, the court and the central government were naturally encouraged, and Shi Congyun's various tactics of using troops also made many officials of the Privy Council applaud.

But when the Southern Tang's surrender table and the battle report written by Pan Mei were sent to the capital at a fast pace, the court and China were divided into two factions.

Some people praised Shi Congyun's ingenuity and means. He used 2 people to insist on [-], which frightened the Southern Tang Kingdom to death, and did not dare to resist at all.He was also commended for his contribution and skill in conquering the enemy in Huainan. He was considered a pillar of the country and should be commended.

Represented by Wei Renpu and Wang Pu.

Others reprimanded Shi Congyun for being inappropriate, blatantly asking for bribes, and forcibly robbing the princess of the Southern Tang Kingdom, which is a disgrace to the state.

Although such things as extorting bribes and robbing people often happen in the army, and the officials and the court are also difficult to control, but Shi Congyun's identity is there. As a country's Huainan envoy, he is a country representative. Representative, it is really outrageous to do such a thing that is disrespectful to the country, as if they have never seen a woman in Dazhou.The most outrageous thing is to add the matter of wanting women to the armistice agreement, it should be rectified.

This school of views is headed by Fan Zhi.

The officials were not in a hurry to make a statement.

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On the west side of the Chuigong Hall, in the afternoon, the sun is sparse and mottled on the ground, and occasionally you can hear nice birdsong. Wang Pu is playing chess with the officials.

But he was absent-minded, the official family has always been a busy person, so there is not much leisure time, so it made him feel a little strange.

He is one of the most trusted close ministers of the official family, and he knows the emotions of the official family best.

At the beginning of this year, the officials were not happy, even to the point of killing people because of the unsatisfactory war in Huainan at that time.

The official family executed Sun Yanxi, the enshrined official, on the street.

At that time, the imperial court rebuilt the Yongfu Hall and ordered Sun Yanxi to supervise the work.

Sun Yanxi is a veteran minister who has done many such hard work for the two generations of monarchs, and he is also very diligent in doing things.

Unexpectedly, one day the official family was in a bad mood. When they passed by Yongfu Hall, they saw that some of the servants who were repairing the palace used tiles for food and wooden chips as spoons.

At that time, he was furious, and immediately ordered Sun Yanxi to be executed, and many priests were dismissed from their posts.At that time, people thought that Sun Yanxi had worked hard for many years, but because of the anger of the officials, no one dared to intercede in front of him.

Wang Pu also felt that Sun Yanxi was not guilty of death, but he understood the temper of the official. After all, the official was a person with an irritable temper and murder. It was just because he had ambitions in his heart that he would try his best to control himself.

But if he got angry, it would be his own death if he got into trouble again, so he could only keep silent.

In this case, only Queen Fu's words can be effective most of the time, and the reason is very simple. Li Yun, Fu Yanqing and others in the north must rely on them.

Fu Yanqing is okay, she is more respectful to the court, so the officials will also give them face for the Fu family and Empress Fu.

But Li Yun has contradicted the imperial court so much, and even imprisoned the military supervisor sent by the official!The officials could only endure it, in order to devote all their troops to the southern battlefield.

So the north endured the humiliation, in exchange for the south's full use of troops, but the war did not go well, no wonder the officials were angry.

The officials are actually under tremendous pressure. If the opportunity obtained by forbearance is still unable to win Huainan, then those Jiedu border generals in the north may become even more domineering, and they will not take the court seriously!

Fortunately, after Shi Congyun was appointed as the recruitment envoy, the battle situation in Huainan was reversed in an instant. In just four months, an extremely beautiful battle was fought in the entire Huainan, turning the world around.

Outsiders don't know Wang Pu, but they know that when the news that Shi Congyun defeated the Southern Tang's [-] troops entered Dajiang and made an emergency landing in Southern Tang reached Daliang not long after, generals from various towns in the north wrote congratulatory memorials one after another.

Even Li Yun, who had always been disrespectful to the imperial court and imprisoned the military envoys of the officials, hurriedly sent someone to send a congratulatory form, with a respectful tone and humble words, which rarely made the officials laugh.

It can be seen that the officials have been patient for too long.

Wang Pu and the officials knew it in their hearts. This is the truth. Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are often unreliable. Li Yun was also a loyal minister and general of the fairy king back then. The fairy king Guo Wei trusted him, so he was given such power. Duzhen six states.

As a result, when he has more soldiers and more generals, his strength will naturally become domineering.

When Shi Congyun was in Megatron Huainan and the imperial court's 10,000+ army was free, he immediately became honest and became a respectful "loyal minister" of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Wang Pu has seen too many such things over the years.

I am also feeling in my heart, Shi Congyun is really the pillar of the country, the mainstay!If he hadn't turned the tide of the battle so quickly, many people in the north would still be domineering, and the officials would have gritted their teeth and forbearance.

Halfway through the chess game, the officials gradually became no match for him, so he gave up thinking on the chessboard, raised his head and asked him with a smile: "Uncle Wen, what kind of person do you think Shi Congyun is.

Wei Renpu said that he was a loyal minister and good general, and that Han Xin was still alive; Fan Zhi said that he was dizzy and morally corrupt. "

Wang Pu didn't make a move, but retracted his raised hand, and replied: "They view Shi Congyun according to their own standpoints and preferences, so naturally they have different opinions.

If you stand on Zhou Guo's side, I think Shi Congyun is my great Zhou's talent, the mainstay. "

Chapter 169, Forbidden Wind and Cloud

Wang Pu expressed his thoughts.

After hearing this, the officials nodded approvingly, "Shi Congyun is indeed a minister with the upper hand, the mainstay. If he hadn't been in Huainan, I wouldn't be able to win it if he was right. I'm afraid it will be next year at the earliest."

Listening to the officials talking, Wang Pu said, "All the officials are as insightful as a torch, and there is no one who can use people to know people." While speaking, his subordinates inadvertently dropped the wrong chess piece.

The official nodded happily, "I will naturally have those who are capable, and I will not be stingy with rewards."

While the two were talking, they continued to make moves. After a few moves, the official reversed the situation, and after a while, Wang Pu conceded. The official stroked his beard and smiled proudly.

Wang Pu bowed his hand, he had followed the official family for the longest time, and knew the official family's character best. The official family was a competitive person, and he wanted to compete with Tang Taizong.

So he knows how to get along with the officials best, and he is also the person most trusted by the officials.

The official stood up and walked through the arch of the side yard, and he also got up to follow.

Outside the vermilion wall, the courtyard is full of autumn chrysanthemums, which are fragrant and charming, but their minds are not on these beautiful flowers.

"I originally wanted Shi Congyun to come back and lead the inspections in front of the hall, and lead the army in front of the hall for me." The official said as he walked among the fragrant flowers, he did not continue.